What's a guy to do to get my new iPad to send gmail notifications or anything else that's enabled to send notifications to show up in the notif area of the screen. I've gotten countless emails and hear the "ding" but the best that ever happens is that the counter on the gmail icon increments. Am I missing something. What's the notification area supposed to do.
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Haven't recieved a single notification!
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I think by default the mail application is turned off in notification center. You'll need to go into settings to turn it on. I think... I could be wrong
It was off but turning it on didn't do anything. Do I have to set up gmail a certain way?
Nothing's working for me. There still must be something I'm not doing that I cannot figure out. This works by default on android. I have notifications enabled in gmail in settings and no matter how many emails I send myself I get nothing except the ding sound.
Don't be silly. This is not a hardware issue.
I have noticed that sometimes notifications get stuck in an on/off loop, and sometimes they need a kick start.
Try this...
-Turn on all the notifications you require.
-reboot the iPad.
-turn the master switch for notifications OFF, then reboot again.
-finally, flip the main switch back on for notifications, then send yourself a test email from another device. With any luck you'll be in business.
Barring that, I'd recommend a restore.
As long as the apps appear in the settings section and you have chosen "Banners" you should get them. If the problem persists, return the device for a replacement.
That isn't what he means. He means to into Settings>Notifications>Mail and then click the button that says "Notification Center" and switch it to "On". Then scroll down and enable all of the other options.
Here's a picture from my iPad. It's pretty much the same thing as on the iPhone only larger.
Click here to see the screenshot.
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For Gmail, if you want push email and notifications to work, I setit up as Exchange, with m.google.com as the server.
But, you might find another way works for you...
But, you might find another way works for you...
Except for the fact I have my "View in Lockscreen" option set to off, this is exactly how my Mail notification settings are and they work fine. See if you have these same options on or not.